SEASON 2 EPISODE 10: SHAME

This is our last episode with Neverwhere, and gosh, it’s been a journey!

Richard, Door and the Marquis recover at the Blackfrairs Abbey. Richard is knighted by the Earl for defeating the beast of London, and Door uses the key he won during the Ordeal to send him home. Richard returns to his life in London Above. It’s everything he wanted… but he isn’t happy. So, now what?

This episode was recorded on 27 March 2021.

Show notes

Brené Brown does a lot of great work on shame, including in her book Daring Greatly and her TED Talk.

Jenn D is now officially a Ted Lasso fan (thanks to Friend of the Pod, Bethany). It’s available on AppleTV+.

More on the Hero’s Journey in storytelling. 

Jenn D also mentioned that Harry Potter is a ring cycle series — here’s an article talking about that.

(And there are some arguments that Harry Potter is actually chiastic structure with the exclusion of the fourth book, which is the pivot point.)

More about Frodo in Return of the King - you can watch the scene Jen V mentioned here.

More about Pixar’s Soul. 

For some reason we talk about New Moon (Twilight) again. 

Find out more about Speed (Film).  

We’re expanding the pod and introducing one shots! We’ll publish these inbetween seasons, so the first one will be out next week. To kick things off, we’ll be watching the film The Fall together through the themes of innocence (Jenn D) and despair (Jen V). Because this is us:

Then we’ll be back for season 3! We’ll be reading Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor through the overarching theme of knowledge, with weekly themes. For the first episode, it’s Prologue through to Chapter 6 through the theme of expectations. Check our theme section for a full season breakdown!

We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where this episode was recorded - the Guringai and Darug people, and tangata whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.

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